Information Times: 45 projects in Guangzhou claim national S&T awards

The 2018 state science and technology awards ceremony of the People's Republic of China was held in Beijing on Jan 8. A total of 45 projects from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, were winners, the fourth highest total in the country.

It is understood that the 45 award-winning projects included two State Natural Science Awards, seven State Technology Innovation Awards and 36 State Science and Technology Progress Awards. 

The number of award-winning projects in Guangdong accounts for 15.8 percent of the whole country, a historical high. [Photo/Xinhua]

The two State Natural Science Awards go to projects led by Pei Duanqing, a researcher at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, and Liu Yaoguang, academician of South China Agricultural University. Both projects are in biology, showing that Guangdong province has made outstanding progress in the field of applied basic research in that area.

A project led by Li Xiaosen, a researcher at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, took second prize in the seven State Technology Innovation Awards. The project provides important technical support for the strategic deployment of natural gas hydrate development in China.

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